Set the 'rewriteRoot' option in the [svn-remote] config.
--rewrite-uuid=<UUID>;;
Set the 'rewriteUUID' option in the [svn-remote] config.
---username=<USER>;;
+--username=<user>;;
For transports that SVN handles authentication for (http,
https, and plain svn), specify the username. For other
transports (eg svn+ssh://), you must include the username in
Only used with the 'init' command.
These are passed directly to 'git init'.
--r <ARG>::
---revision <ARG>::
+-r <arg>::
+--revision <arg>::
Used with the 'fetch' command.
+
This allows revision ranges for partial/cauterized history
cd project
git init
git remote add origin server:/pub/project
- git config --add remote.origin.fetch '+refs/remotes/*:refs/remotes/*'
+ git config --replace-all remote.origin.fetch '+refs/remotes/*:refs/remotes/*'
git fetch
+# Prevent fetch/pull from remote git server in the future,
+# we only want to use git svn for future updates
+ git config --remove-section remote.origin
# Create a local branch from one of the branches just fetched
git checkout -b master FETCH_HEAD
# Initialize 'git svn' locally (be sure to use the same URL and -T/-b/-t options as were used on server)